diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 8bd1dcea..b75c1f11 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7),
  libcanberra-dev (>= 0.28),
  libwebkitgtk-3.0-dev (>= 1.4.3),
  libgmime-2.6-dev (>= 2.6.0),
- valac-0.16 (>= 0.16.0),
+ valac-0.18 (>= 0.17.2),
  cmake (>= 2.8.0),
  libsqlheavy0.1-dev (>= 0.1.1),
  libgnome-keyring-dev (>= 3.2.0)